?This little guy was grown out from a cutting over about 10 years then styled by our own @johng
It is not wired out to the tips, but the basic branch structure was set- at $75, a really good deal for a Shimpaku with over a 1" trunk and loads of potential!
Currently listed on $.99 Bonsai on FBView attachment 156952
a really good deal for a Shimpaku with over a 1" trunk and loads of potential
I hope this is a joke, and I'm just too slow to get it??That is true, but is it an actual Shimpaku? If not what is it? Curious for certain.
Grimmy
I hope this is a joke, and I'm just too slow to get it??
I must have woke up on that wrong side of the bed...but not along side John. Grimmy...you knew what you were asking. The rest of us...or a part of us may not.Not a joke but a question based on a conversation we had some time ago. You had mentioned that Itoigawa, Kishu, and Shimpaku junipers are commonly all called Shimpaku. My main interest is in actual Shimpaku and not an Itoigawa or Kishu.
Wake up on the wrong side of bed John?
Grimmy
Probably!Not a joke but a question based on a conversation we had some time ago. You had mentioned that Itoigawa, Kishu, and Shimpaku junipers are commonly all called Shimpaku. My main interest is in actual Shimpaku and not an Itoigawa or Kishu.
Wake up on the wrong side of bed John?
Grimmy
I've had this strain of shimpaku for 20 years prior to ever even hearing the terms kishu and such....
I've had this strain of shimpaku for 20 years prior to ever even hearing the terms kishu and such....
All due respect but if you are so familiar with the difference why did you ask a couple posts back to have someone else look at it to identify it?Understood but Itoigawa, Kishu, and Shimpaku junipers are not different terms but different plants from different areas. Those are not "terms" but a specific species with a rich long history and more important different growth habits. All three are, in their own ways far different.
I respect you and your years - I just want to know what it is Eric is selling for you. Why? I have purchased two dozen or so from him in the past and although they were and are great plants none were true Shimpaku. That is ok and I understand the "old" way of grouping them but I prefer to know with absolute certainty what I grow. Again, why? I am very familiar with all three and prefer to use Shimpaku for distribution and training here. No other reasons...
Grimmy
True, I help John and a few other friends sell trees online- they do not like to list them, haggle with people about prices (or what variety the tree is- can't imagine why, the public is such a joy to deal with on matters of money and barter) and they REALLY don't like to do the shipping... I do that part for them. We all win!Greed! Lol!
Eric sells stuff for John...if I remember.
Sorce
Those are not "terms" but a specific species with a rich long history and more important different growth habits. All three are, in their own ways far different.
I really appreciate that Eric does this for me and BS like this exactly why I will never be in the bonsai business....I much prefer to play with the trees and leave all this nonsense to you eggspurts!
If all the shimpaku you have bought from Eric Do not meet your standard